LB sold out very quickly in London so I’d definitely jump on that if you want it.
Uh, which LB?
If LB is Leoville Barton, then there is plenty available in the UK (Cru World Wine has 34 6-packs) and in the US MacArthurs has 120 bottles available.
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Lynch-Bages maybe? (Haven’t looked at anything available, not a buyer of 21)
Ah yes, Lynch-Bages, the other LB. BBR has 65 cases.
I am still puzzled about your generalization of the European preferences. Tasting notes explain the wine, not the people who drink them. My experience is that there is the same variety of palates there as here, but I have nothing to back this up. Do you have any evidence that might contradict this?
And yes, European merchants sell wine to Americans. Much more than before thanks to Wine-Searcher. And I buy from them and speak to them constantly.
Rauzan Segla is $79.
RS was that price at Gary’s for the 2019 up until 4 months ago. Also mags of LB (Lynch-Bages) for 225
Sorry, too many LBs, I was referring to the Leoville Barton referred to in the post before mine. It sold out quickly at BBR. Interesting that they’ve still got Lynch-Bages (although their Langoa Barton seems all gone too. Anymore good LBs?!).
Farr sitll have 46 cases of Leoville Barton; I woudnt be worried dabout finding it in the future. Thats cases of 12.
Yup, moderately interesting (as I said 20 posts up). If it were 10% lower it’d qualify as very interesting.
For now I’ve dabbled in a few leoville Barton and that’s all.
At $60 it gets to be interesting. I paid $75 for the 2019 in March.
I paid $79 from Gary’s in March and I did not even get an OWC!
Buckled and bought three Leoville Barton. But that’s IT. ![[snort.gif]](/uploads/db3686/original/2X/b/bdc3944606213c4dca6c1169cf0a166c8bc4f8c9.gif "snort.gif"){kind=small}
Yep… but that was the tail-end of the 2019 bargains that folks hadn’t scooped up yet, like 2019 Montrose for $140. Those value buys are all gone now… I think Rauzan is near super-second territory in quality, but has not caught up in price (yet). Leoville Barton as well.
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FWIW- In My Opinion, one of the few super highlights have not been released yet and it’s an absolute knockout- not just for 2021 but in general (similar to how Suduiraut excelled in this vintage yet it would be a standout in any vintage)- although unlike Suduiraut it will not have a ~40% price increase. No clue what the release price would be but if even inline with 2020 (it has been under priced in recent vintages at EP (again all IMO)) release price it is a big buy for me.
Regarding the comments about prices back in March. Not sure what relevance that has. Like most of us in ‘19 vintage, we chickened out and didn’t buy enough of what we like at the super discount for a variety of reasons (economic, unknown vintage, critics, tarrifs, yada yada) but those prices are now nearly gone (if not gone). With inflation, higher discretionary spend, reduced supply, greater demand, logistics & supply challenges, arguably higher recent quality (regardless of personal profile preferences) in past 20 years, because the days end in Y, etc this is the new normal. If you feel prices will plummet and stay low in the future then don’t buy. If you believe negociants will fire sale to get rid of product, don’t buy. If you want what you want and feel the price to quality ratio for back vintages is better, don’t buy- however if you feel there are wines that have a good QPR even in 2021 or that in 2021 some excellent wines were produced then buy. None of us know what the future holds or we would simply have shorted the market during COVID and then flipped to Option futures - and then bought the winning lotto numbers.
It’s always fun to share opinions, have intelligent dialogue and reflect on others perspectives/knowledge/experience before making a more informed decision. If I wasn’t at this EP myself. I would have 100% took the campaign off and play the waiting game but since I was there at the same time as most of the Critics (critics can be there before or even after therefore hard to correlate what I taste vs their perspective) it was very informative especially after reading many of their tasting notes… and scoring. SMH
Opinions above are my own and worth exactly what you paid for them. Cheers
Yes exactly. I haven’t tasted many 2019s yet but those I did, like I did VCC last year… They saw me emotionally kicking myself for not going deep. I might even even expressed that verbally @!&$@ (something like that anyways).
Pichon Lalande up on TW at $190…I would’ve thought about it if it was more of a discount off 2020 prices but 5% ain’t gonna convince me.
Did you mean to name a wine? Not sure if it got cut out, or if you left it out intentionally…
It’s $180 at K&L, $175 multiple other places and lower if you have a JJ Buckley private client price.
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